Theodor Holm Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology, philosopher of computer science, and sociologist. He coined the terms hypertext and hypermedia in 1963 and published them in 1965.
Ralph Leo Nelson was an American film and television director, producer, writer, and actor. He was best known for directing Lilies of the Field, Father Goose, and Charly, films which won Academy Award
Ted Nelson
…sees himself as a literary romantic, like a Cyrano de Bergerac, or 'the Orson Welles of software'." Nelson is the son of Emmy Award–winning director Ralph Nelson and Academy Award–winning actress Celeste Holm. His parents' marriage was brief and he was mostly raised by his grandparents, first in Chicago and…